Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy importing image with alpha channels

  • importing image with alpha channels

    Posted by Jay Wolf on October 21, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    Sorry to say I am hardly familiar with Photoshop.

    I have a logo with a white background and using an online tutorial I found I removed the white background in Photoshop and created an alpha channel. Now when I import the .bmp in FCP and place it in the timeline, there is still the white background? Tried a jpeg but same thing…

    I have one layer in PS with the logo and the checkerboard alpha channel- that should be fine…

    Strange thing is, when I SAVE AS, the alpha channel box is greyed out, no matter what format??

    Thanks for the help!

    G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2

    Jay Wolf replied 18 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Victor Gonzalez

    October 21, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    i think certain formats wont allow you to save the alpha channel. try .png

  • Jay Wolf

    October 21, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    Thanks, but png, tiff, psd, none of them worked…

    I ignored the tutorial instructions and copied the logo to a new document. Alpha channel works!?

    Got to get some basic photoshop lessons soon…

    G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy